“Wash It Away” By The Ghost Inside

“Wash It Away” By The Ghost Inside is Northern Transmissions Song of the Day. The track is off the band's forthcoming album Search For Solace
The Ghost Inside photo by Markus Hauschild

The Ghost Inside have announced their new record Searching For Solace will drop on April 19th and physically on June 7th via Epitaph Records (Death Lens). Ahead of the album’s arrival, the band have shared lead single “Wash It Away”, which finds vocalist Jonathan Vigil ruminating on the realization that anything, even the band, can quickly disappear.

“It’s really hard to break everything down, start over and rebuild,” they explain. “Whether that is a relationship, schooling, a career or a business venture. After dedicating so much time to something, it can be scary to lose it and start over.”

Searching For Solace arrives at an optimal time in the lives of The Ghost Inside. Nine years removed from the horrific bus crash that forever changed their trajectory, vocalist Jonathan Vigil, guitarists Zach Johnson and Chris Davis, bassist Jim Riley, and drummer Andrew Tkaczyk have learned an esoteric truth about tranquility. As the axiom says, “it’s the journey, not the destination” – a theme explored throughout the band’s dynamic sixth album, Searching for Solace.

“People always ask me how I remain positive,” Vigil muses. “I’m realizing now that there’s never really a time where you reach that point of ‘happiness.’ It’s a constant journey. I know that life is hills and valleys. You must be willing to embrace new things, stand up for yourself, and adapt. Because the goalposts just move further away. The search for solace never ends.”

Searching For Solace features production from Dan Braunstein (Spiritbox, Dayseeker) who took the reins on most of the record, with other tracks handled by Cody Quistad (Wage War), Carson Slovak and Grant McFarland (August Burns Red, Bloodywood). Building a bridge between more aggressive sounds and thoughtful messaging, the album boasts the most fundamental elements of The Ghost Inside: honesty, vulnerability, the message, and the melody.

“There’s more singing and song structure than on the previous album, but there are also some of the heaviest songs we’ve done,” notes Riley (bass). “We really know who we are, and we also feel comfortable stepping into the future. This is a new chapter, but it’s not disconnected from what the band sounded like before. It’s more of an extension of it. We’re excited by it.”

The Ghost Inside
Searching For Solace
Tracklisting
Epitaph Records

1. Going Under
2. Death Grip
3. Light Years
4. Secret
5. Split
6. Wash It Away
7. Cityscapes
8. Earn It
9. Wrath
10. Reckoning
11. Breathless

The Ghost Inside 2024 Tour Dates

Apr 19 – Las Vegas, NV – House Of Blues
Apr 20 – Grand Junction, CO – Mesa Theater
Apr 21 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theater
Apr 23 – Minneapolis, MN – The Fillmore
Apr 24 – Bloomington, IL – The Castle Theatre
Apr 25 – Chicago, IL – Concord Music Hall
Apr 26 – Detroit, MI – Majestic Theatre
Apr 28 – Toronto, ON – History
Apr 29 – Montreal, QC – MTELUS
Apr 30 – New Haven, CT – Toad’s Place
May 02 – Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
May 03 – Worcester, MA – The Palladium
May 04 – Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Soundstage
May 06 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE
May 07 – Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room
May 09 – Louisville, KY – Mercury Ballroom
May 10 – Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore
May 11 – Columbia, SC – The Senate
May 12 – Daytona Beach, FL – Welcome to Rockville*
May 14 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
May 15 – Knoxville, TN – The Mill & Mine
May 16 – Columbus, OH – Sonic Temple*

*festival appearance

Pre-order Searching For Solace by The Ghost Inside HERE

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